Timer Overview

To start a timer, click Start Timer on the ribbon bar from anywhere in iTimekeep. You will be moved to the My Time screen, which displays a record of all active timers, past timers, and submitted timecard entries in a list format.

Note: Timers cannot be used to record time across multiple days. If they are paused or stopped on one day, they cannot be resumed on another.

To view only active timers, select either List or Grid view from the the Timers drop-down on the ribbon bar. For more information, see Timer Views.

Regardless of whether you are in List or Grid view, timers have the same basic controls. To access the more detailed timecard view, click on the timer. For more information on timecards and timecard controls, see Editing Timecards.

Timers can be paused and resumed with the / button.

To select a timer for a mass action, click the hollow circle on the left side of the timer:

To access additional actions, click the icon on a timer. The following actions are available:

Action Function
Duplicate Creates a new timer using the same information.

For more information, see Duplicating Timecards.

End Ends the timer. It will be removed from the current view and moved to the My Time screen.
End + Submit Ends and attempts to submit the timer. The timer will be removed from the current view and moved to the My Time screen.
Reset Resets the timer to 00:00:00.
Delete Deletes the timer.
Pin Pins the timer, turning it into a template that can be duplicated for other timers.

For more information, see Pinned Timers.

Categorize Applies a color to the timer. The colors can be renamed by clicking on Manage to open the Manage Color Categories window. Click the pencil icon beside each color to rename the category.

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